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Engineering & Computer Science

The following engineering and computer science co-op monthly salaries are from the spring, summer and fall 2024 co-op terms.

They are based on 37.5 hours per week of work and 4.333 weeks per month. Mean = average, Median = middle, and Mode = most frequent.

Note: W-1 to W-6 = work term 1 to work term 6.

All programs (monthly)

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,946 $4,206
Median (middle) $3,900 $4,160
Mode (most frequent) $4,333 $4,333
Standard deviation  $826 $808
Number of work terms 965  706

Biomedical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,487 $3,515
Median (middle) $3,335 $3,467
Mode (most frequent) $2,803 $3,750
Standard deviation $691 $651
Number of work terms 40 37

Civil engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,117 $4,456
Median (middle) $4,116 $4,482
Mode (most frequent) $4,333 $4,333
Standard deviation $725 $584
Number of work terms 113 122

Computer engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,602 $4,025
Median (middle) $3,768 $3,987
Mode (most frequent) $3,987 $4,333
Standard deviation $515 $880
Number of work terms 34 43

Computer science

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,886 $4,197
Median (middle) $3,929 $4,060
Mode (most frequent) $3,941 $3,941
Standard deviation $607 $856
Number of work terms 226 87

Electrical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,236 $4,167
Median (middle) $4,063 $4,160
Mode (most frequent) $4,630 $3,000
Standard deviation $1,213 $805
Number of work terms 105 99

MADS

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,598 $4,397
Median (middle) $4,095 $4,482
Mode (most frequent) $5,027 N/A
Standard deviation $1,415 $603
Number of work terms 23 4

Mechanical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,905 $4,160
Median (middle) $3,813 $4,073
Mode (most frequent) $3,813 $3,813
Standard deviation $778 $733
Number of work terms 241 185

MTIS

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,571 $6,067
Median (middle) $4,665 $6,067
Mode (most frequent) $4,063 N/A
Standard deviation $592 N/A
Number of work terms 12 1

Software engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,629 $4,244
Median (middle) $3,361 $4,146
Mode (most frequent) $3,941 $3,813
Standard deviation $671 $995
Number of work terms 91 125